CVE-2017-8422 (GCVE-0-2017-8422)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-05-17 14:00
Modified
2024-08-05 16:34
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
KDE kdelibs before 4.14.32 and KAuth before 5.34 allow local users to gain root privileges by spoofing a callerID and leveraging a privileged helper app.
References
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480
cve@mitre.org https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264
cve@mitre.org https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647 Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.org https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a Patch
cve@mitre.org https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab Patch
cve@mitre.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29
cve@mitre.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/
cve@mitre.org https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647 Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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